USPTO Patents Application 10561839

INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT

International application No

PCT/IL2005/000914

A. CLASSIFICATION OF SUBJECT MATTER

B01J19/00 G01N15/14

According to international Patent Classification (IPC) or to both national classification and iPC

B. FIELDS SEARCHED

Minimum documentation searched (classification system foMowed by classification symbols)

B010 G01N

Documentation searched other than minimum documentation to the extent that such documents are included in the fields searched

Electronic data base consulted during the international search (name of data base and, where practical, search terms used)

EPO-Internal , WPI Data, BIOSIS

C. DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT

Category* Citation of document, wfth indication, where appropriate f of the relevant passages

Relevant to claim No.

KOH ET AL. : "Poly (ethylene glycol)
hydrogel microstructures encapsulating
1 iving eel Is"
LANGMUIR,

vol. 18, 21 February 2002 (2002-02-21),
pages 2459-2462, XP002366878
page 2459 - page 2462; figure 3

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WO 03/035824 A (BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY;

DEUTSCH, MORDECHAI)

1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)

the whole document

W0 02/26114 A (BITENSKY, MARK, W; Y0SHIDA,
TATSUR0; FRANK, MICHAEL, G; DERGANC,
JURE; ) 4 April 2002 (2002-04-04)
the whole document

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Further documents are listed in the continuation of Box C.

See patent family annex.

* Special categories of cited documents :

"A" document defining the general state of the art which is not
considered to be of particular relevance

"E" eariier document but published on or after the international
filing date

' L" document which may throw doubts on priority claim(s) or
which is cited to establish the publication date of another
citation or other special reason (as specified)

"O" document referring to an oral disclosure, use, exhibition or
other means

11 P" document pubiished prior to the international filing date but
later than the priority date claimed

"T' L later document published after the international filing date
or priority date and not In conflict with the application but
cited to understand the principle or theory underlying the
invention

"X" document of particular relevance; the claimed invention
cannot be considered novel or cannot be considered to
involve an inventive step when the document rs taken alone

"Y" document of particular relevance; the claimed invention

cannot be considered to involve an inventive step when the
document is combined with one or more other such docu^
ments, such combination being obvious to a person skilled
in the art.

document member of the same patent family

Date of the actual completion of the international search

9 February 2006

Date of mailing of the international search report

21/02/2006

Name and mailing address of the ISA/

European Patent Office, P.B. 5818 Patentlaan 2
NL-2280 HVRijswijk
Tel. (+31-70) 340-2040, Tx. 31 651 epo nL
Fax: (+31-70) 340-3016

Authorized officer

Kalsner, I

Form PCT/lSA/210 (second sheet) (April 2005)

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INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT

International application No

PCT/IL2005/000914

C(Continuatron). DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT

Category*

Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, ot the relevant passages

Relevant to claim No.

P,x

US 6 377 721 Bl (WALT DAVID R ET AL)
23 April 2002 (2002-04-23)
the whole document

WO 03/011451 A (SURFACE L0GIX, INC; WANG,
EVELYN; KIM, ENOCH; CAMPBELL, STEWART;
KIRK, ) 13 February 2003 (2003-02-13)
the whole document

WO 2005/007796 A (MOLECULAR CYTOMICS LTD;
DEUTSCH, MORDECHAI; HERZBERG, MAX; TIR0SH.
REU) 27 January 2005 (2005-01-27)
the whole document

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Form PCT/ISA/210 (continuation of second sheet) (April 2006)

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